Citation: Today 01/04/11 approximately at 0550
hours, after the establishment performed pre-operational sanitation
inspection and prior to the start of production, I performed the
verification component of 01B02 for adequacy and effectiveness of
the plant's SSOP procedure for preventing direct contamination. I
observed the following product contact surface non-compliance in
room 2015 (slicing room): several pieces of meat approximately ¬ "
in diameter on the product holding spikes (grimpers) of the slicer.
The area supervisor, Mr. was notified and the slicer was cleaned
immediately therefore no reject tag was issued. I reviewed the SSOP
records for room 2015 and there was no mention of this deficiency.
Mr. was notified verbally of this non-compliance and failure to
comply with regulatory requirements of the Meat and Poultry act 9
CFR 416.13, 416.4(a). I reviewed the establishment SSOP Plan,
revised: 9/03/10 which states on pg. 3 under equipment and
facilities cleaning that " [redacted]." This non-compliance serves
as written notification of a monitoring non-compliance. NR LINKAGE:
a similar NR with the same root cause of improper cleaning
procedures was documented on 0088-2010-17464 on 12/14/2010. The
preventive measures of "Production team members have been retrained
on the importance of fully checking all equipment during pre-op to
insure any potential food safety hazards have been eliminated."
failed to prevent the reoccurance of this non-compliance.

Regulation:

416.4(a) All food-contact surfaces, including food-contact surfaces
of utensils and equipment, must be cleaned and sanitized as
frequently as necessary to prevent the creation of insanitary
conditions and the adulteration of product.